XIV. There is now in London an understanding, sober, pious man, oft one of my hearers, who hath an elder brother, a gentleman of considerable rank, who having formerly seemed pious, of late years doth
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Leasingham, Lincolnshire (1679)
Relation IV. A true account, how Alice, the daughter of William Medcalfe, Yeoman, in the parish of Lessingham in Lincolnshire, was disturbed by an Apparition, with other feats of witchcraft practised upon that family, sent
Continue ReadingMianwali, Pakistan (1957)
Heavenly Pranksters. From our own correspondent. Mianwali, May 31. A supernatural phenomenon here is taxing the brains of the wise and holy men of Mianwali. Three houses in the main bazar are being bombarded day
Continue ReadingRushton, Northamptonshire (c.1584)
Sixteenth Century Knockings. A recently issued volume bearing principally upon the household events of an old English Catholic family, and principally recording their troubles in the difficult days of the Reformation period, is hardly the
Continue ReadingClacton-on-Sea, Essex (1928)
Ghostly links with past. Grim discovery in old house. While restoring an old house, Treasure Holt, on the outskirts of Clacton-on-Sea, Mr and Mrs P. S. Hayward, the owners, found under the floor of a
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Where a ghost walks. French house reported to be haunted. The Paris correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” writes: – Superstition dies hard in Brittany, but one fraction of it, or someone connected with it, seems
Continue ReadingBrierley Hill, Dudley, West Midlands (1846)
Brierley Hill. A Ghost Exorcised. A correspondent sends us the following: – “Reports have lately been in circulation in the neighbourhood of Brierley Hill, that a house occupied by a family of the name of
Continue ReadingHeaton Mersey, Greater Manchester (1942)
Heaton Mersey’s Mystery. The majority of people just smile and nod when told of experience with ghost noises – mysterious knocks, scrapings or bangs. When my telephone rang on Monday I recognised the voice of
Continue ReadingBell Yard, London (1760)
The Inhabitants of Bell Yard, Temple Bar, may now sleep in peace; for the ghost, which was some time troublesome to them, is now happily laid. A shop-keeper in the neighbourhood, having been acquainted with
Continue ReadingBristol (1838)
Earl’s Mead seems to have been just north of the River Frome as it comes into Bristol city centre somewhere north of Old Market, according to Rocque’s 1750 map. The Earl’s Mead Ghost! Startling as
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